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MOLD FOR HORSE'COLLARS" o. 297,700. Patented Apr 29, 188-4.

(smu z N. PETERS. Phulolithcmphur. Withingiun. QC.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE F. LEMASSEN A AND JAMES STANLEY OF NEWARK, NEW J ERSEY;

SAID LEMASSENA ASSIGNOR TO LILLIAN LEMASSENA, OF SAME PLACE.

MoLo FOR. HORSE-COLLARISI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,700, dated April29, 1884.

Application filed November 19, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, THEo. F. LEMASSENA andJAMES STANLEY, citizens of the United States, residing in Newark, Essexcounty,New

Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Molds forHorse- Collars, fully described and represented in the followingspecification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention consists in a mold for shaping horse collars, principallysuch as are formed of the material described in another patentapplication filed by us.

In the invention referred to we form horsecollars by pasting togetherscraps of leather in a rough mold of suitable size, to give the articleits initial form, and subsequently subj ect the same, after partiallydrying the article, to sufficient pressure in the finishing-mold toproduce the ultimate desired form.

The mold described herein may be used for either a roughing or finishingmold, and its construction is designed, primarily, to form ahorse-collar having a groove or crease upon its edge to receive thehames, and which can not be drawn out of the mold unless some portion ofthe latter be constructed to pull out of the mold with the article, orto be drawn away from the groove or crease separately.

The construction shown herein adapts the mold for shaping the collar,whether the same be formed of scraps or by any other method.

The essential features of the mold are an upper and lower section,embracing the rear and front parts of the collar, and removable sidesections adapted to form the crease for the' application of the hames tothe edge of the collar. The side sections may be made apart from the topand bottom sections, if preferred, or as a loose rib inserted in thebottom section.

In the drawings, Figure 1' is a plan of the bottom section. Fig. 2 is anedge view of the same; Fig. 3, an edge view of the upper section; Fig.4, a section of the closed mold on line 00 00 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is aplan of the loose side sections detached from the mold and viewed fromthe upper side; and Fig. 6 is an edge view of the interior of one ofsuch sections.

The drawings show the parts provided with lugs and guide-pins by whichthey are secured in their closed position, A being the bottom section;B, the top section; 0, the side sections when loose; O, the same whenformed as an inserted rib; D, the guide-lugs, and E the t guide-pins.The bottom section is shown as a plate provided with a raised rib, a,adapted to fit inside the collar and form its inner rounded edge,commonly called the back of the collar. That part of the rib which thusshapes the collar is shown at the'ends of Fig. 2, and a indicates a partof the bottom bed or flange where the convex side of the collar slightlypenetrates the same and forms the hollow indicated at a in Fig. 1. Thetop section is shown in Fig. 3 shaped to fit that side of the collarwhich is pressed toward the horse s neck, commonly called the front ofthe collar, and is formed with a similar shaping-flange, b, a continuoushollow being formed in the flange of the same at b to shapethe face ofthe collar. The side sections are shown in the upper side of Fig. 4, andalso in Figs. 5 and 6, as adapted to shape the greater part of theoutside of the collar, and to form the crease in which the hames arefitted and secured when the collar is in use. The hollow shown at c inFig. 6 is continuous with the hollow a in the bed-plate in the bottomsection when the mold is closed, as is clearly indicated at the upperside of Fig. 4, and by the running out of the lines at c in Fig. 6 andat the lower side of Fig. 4. The top and bottom sections are shown incontact at both their inner and outer edges at d, and the inserted rib Ois shown merely sufficiently diminished to form the required crease inthe collar and to draw out of the bottom section with the collar whenthehalves of the mold are separated to remove the same. 4

When used for finishing a collar previously formed, the collar isapplied to the lower part generally applied last to produce the finalshape by its pressure upon the larger part of the collar. lins withoutheads may be used; but when made with heads to facilitate removal, thepins are withdrawn to apply each piece A B O. XVhen the collar is formedin the mold, the bottom and side sections are held together by the pinsand the material from which the collar is built up is held inside themold until the rough shape is suffieientlypro duced. The application ofthe upper section with suitable pressure then suifiees to shape thecollar in the desired manner.

Having thus described the nature of our invention, it will be seen thatthe essential feature is the provision of the loose section for shapingthe hamecrease, the same being adapted to pull out of the creaseindependently of the upper and lower sections, the crease preventing theremoval of such loose sections in the same direction as either the topor bottom pieces.

\Ve are fully aware that molds made in sections are not new, and do nottherefore claim such an invention, but we are not aware that any moldhas been constructed with the same features as ours and adapted to forma horsecollar in the manner described, the peculiarity of our inventionbeing that the top and bottom sections are each made in one piece, whilethe side sections require to be parted longitudinally, as at c in Fig.5, that they may be drawn off of the collar sidewise to remove them fromthe crease.

XVe are also aware of United States Patent No. 52,826, of 1866, forpressing one side of a horse-collar at once at the hame-crease; but assuch construction could not be used in molding an entire collar in sucha process as we employ, we entirely disclaim the same, and claim our ownconstruction as follows:

1. The combination, in ahorse-collar mold, of the top and bottomsections, B A, each made in one piece to fit the front and back of thecollar, as described, and the side sections, formed in two pieces andfitted to the hamecrease, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. In a horse-collar mold, the top and bottom sections, fitted to oneanother upon the inner side of the collar, and provided with an openspace at the outer side along the line of the hame-crease, incombination with theloose sections 0, fitted to such open space forshaping the hamc-crease, and held in place by the pins E, the wholearranged and operated as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

THEO. F. LEMASSENA. JAMES STANLEY.

Witnesses:

(1. G. IIERRICK, ll. TIIEBERA'III.

